Prevalence of pulmonary TB and spoligotype pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among TB suspects in a rural community in Southwest Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Deribew, Amare ^a,b   Abebe, Gemeda ^a,b   Apers, Ludwig ^c   Abdissa, Alemseged ^c   Deribe, Fetene ^c   Woldemichael, Kifle ^a   Jira, Chali ^a   Tesfaye, Markos ^a   Shiffa, Jafar ^a   Aseffa, Abraham ^d   Bezabih, Mesele ^a   Abeje, Tadiye ^d   Colebunders, Robert ^b,c  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Armour Hansen Research Institute   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Pulmonary TB; Southwest Ethiopia; Spoligotype

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SMEAR; SPOLIGOTYPE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84857962683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-54     Document Type: Article

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